Si Xingfang was just like the first time he came here, still unable to keep up with Ma Hanshan's jumping thoughts and emotional changes. He didn't understand why he was suddenly smiling again when he just saw the Ma Zhai leader's expression as if he was constipated.
Not to mention Si Xingfang, even A Niu, who stayed by his side every day, couldn't keep up with Ma Hanshan's mood and the rhythm of his words. He didn't follow the routine at all.
So why did Ma Hanshan suddenly laugh again? Of course there was a reason. He suddenly felt that the boss of the company could be a business manager... specializing in promoting Wagangzhai products.
"Master Si Da Cave, I asked you to lend you a hundred catties of tea last time, but you don't want it. Why now... what is your method of operation?" After entering the recently completed reception room next to the Juyi Hall, the guests and hosts sat down.
Ma Hanshan asked with a smile.
"Master Mazhai, please forgive me. I really have a blind eye and cannot recognize gold and jade. I misunderstood the master's intentions last time." Si Xingfang stood up and bowed to Ma Hanshan in shame.
The last time he borrowed food, Ma Hanshan gave him two kilograms of green incense. He thought it was a low-end item that no one wanted, so he gave it to a friend in Jingzhao Mansion when he returned home. Who knew that the friend came to him again recently and asked for this kind of food?
It was not until this time that Si Xing realized that the last time he went to Wagang Village, Ma Hanshan invited him to drink this kind of tea, and was willing to pay a high price to buy it. It was not that he looked down on him, but that he was treated as a distinguished guest.
He mistook kindness for ruthlessness, so now he is ashamed.
"Haha, Cave Master Si, sit down... It doesn't have to be like this, we are friends... Cave Master Si, is it time for you to introduce this friend?" Ma Hanshan said, looking at the uncle who came with Si Xingfang.
"Oh... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I almost forgot." He turned around and said to the man sitting next to him, "Brother Wang, this is the master of Mazhai, and the green tea is made by him. Master of Mazhai, this is
A friend named Wang Zhitan."
"Hello……."
"Nice to meet you……."
Both of them stood up and approached each other. However, Ma Hanshan stretched out his hand to shake hands, while Wang Zhitan cupped his fists and bowed.
"Brother Wang, we are practicing a new etiquette here. We don't bow when we meet, but shake hands. Come, let's shake hands... good friends..." Ma Hanshan is determined to implement the handshake ceremony brought from his previous life. He hates bowing at every turn.
Make a bow.
"Ah... shake hands, good friends...?" Wang Zhitan stretched out his hand to shake hands with Ma Hanshan. What he didn't know was that this sentence, "shake hands, good friends," was a language taught to children in another time and space.
The two shook hands and sat down again. Ma Hanshan looked at Si Xingfang and said, "Dong Master Si, I regret to tell you that I will not lend you the tea leaves now because you will never return such tea leaves to me."
"Then...Mazhai Master, I can buy it..." Si Xingfang said with a wry smile.
"Of course you can. Green fragrance costs three taels of silver per catty, and you can give me three guan of copper." Ma Hanshan said with a smile, "Okay, just go ahead and buy it. Of course you can buy it, but I'm just asking you to buy it."
"Ah? So expensive?" Si Xingfang exclaimed in surprise.
"There are cheap ones too. You can buy Hongyun. It only costs 800 yuan." Ma Hanshan said with a profiteer face.
"Hongyun? What is it like?" Wang Zhitan interjected.
"Ah Niu...why are you still so inconspicuous? Make a pot of Hongyun for the guests." Ma Hanshan said with a smile, "Green tea is green tea, and Hongyun is of course black tea. As for the taste, each one is different."
After a while, A Niu brewed a pot of Hongyun and presented it to him. Wang Zhitan drank a cup, frowned and said, "This tea is not on the same level as Luyun."
"Of course, this tea only costs 800 yuan. However, even this tea is better than the tea outside." Ma Hanshan said confidently.
"Well, the tea tastes sweeter and thicker, and eight hundred wen is indeed not expensive." After Wang Zhitan finished speaking, he glanced at Si Xingfang, and there was information in his eyes that only they could understand.
Si Xingfang nodded imperceptibly and said: "Master Mazhai, we can also buy it. The price is as much as you say, but...but can we owe some money for the goods?"
Haha, how much do you buy? I still owe a little.
"How much do you plan to buy, Cave Master Si?" Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"Let's buy ten kilograms of Luxiang. Can you give us two kilograms of this... Hongyun?" Si Xingfang said and his face turned red again.
Don't think that bandits are shameless. Si Xingfang felt that it was really embarrassing to ask Mahanshan for credit and at the same time let others deliver tea.
Ten kilograms...well, ten kilograms is thirty taels. For a bandit who had to borrow food a while ago, thirty taels should be a large amount.
Alas, bandits are not having a hard time these days.
"Brother Wang, where is your job?" Ma Hanshan turned on his jumping chat mode again and suddenly asked Wang Zhitan about his job.
"Excuse me, I used to work as a minor official in Jingzhao Mansion, but now I am unemployed." Wang Zhitan paused and said, "Jingzhao Mansion is the old capital of the previous dynasty, and many powerful people in the government like this kind of tea. Buying tea is just for me.
Looking for a job..."
"It turns out that I bought it as a gift... But in this case, when will you make money to pay back the money you owe?" Ma Hanshan glanced at him and said, "I think Brother Wang's face is not suitable for an official career. It's better to
Partner with Dongzhu Si... Oh, I'm not asking you to partner up to be bandits. Bandits have nothing to do. We in Wagang Village will no longer be bandits. What I mean is that you can do business together."
"Doing business? Oh...you mean doing business?" Wang Zhitan's face looked a little ugly.
The reason why his face is not good-looking is just because in this era of time and space, just like the ancient time and space where Mahanshan came from, the status of businessmen is very low. The status of a businessman among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is not as good as that of a blacksmith. Therefore,
In this era, persuading people to do business is tantamount to scolding them. Just like scolding people in Mahanshan's previous life, if you can't read well, you should go and see which site you want to hire someone to move bricks...
Damn, this is looking down on people.
However, Ma Hanshan did not look down on Wang Zhitan, because in his view, businessmen are very powerful.
"Yes, how much salary do you get for being a petty official in a month? I don't think it will be more than two kilograms of green incense." Ma Hanshan guessed.
Although half of the territory of Dasong was ceded by Donghu, Dasong was the richest dynasty in the history of this time and space, and it was also the era with the highest salary. In this era, the salary of a county magistrate was fifteen taels of silver, among others
The welfare is equivalent to twenty taels of silver, so the salary of a small official in the Southern Song Dynasty is really more than two kilograms of green incense.
However, the Eastern Hu campaigned for years, which cost a lot of money, and the Hu people who invaded from the south hardly produced anything. Therefore, at this time, of course, the salary of the petty officials could not afford to buy two kilograms of green incense.
"Mazhai Master, you... do you think that a certain person can only be a businessman?" Wang Zhitan asked with anger in his eyes.
Ma Hanshan glanced at him and suddenly laughed.
He felt that these people were really ridiculous. Damn it, they actually thought that a petty official had more status and dignity than a businessman.
"Mazhai Master, you...why are you laughing..." Wang Zhitan became even more angry.
"Brother Wang, I'm so anxious. Our village leader is extremely intelligent and has a sharp gaze. It's definitely not what you think. In his eyes, a businessman has more status than a petty official. In his eyes, a scholar, a farmer, an industrialist, and a merchant." It's nothing like bullshit." Qi Nanyue, who was accompanying him at the side, saw that Wang Zhitan was unhappy and quickly interrupted to explain.
Of course, Ma Hanshan hadn't said that a scholar is worse than a piece of shit, so he was just guessing what Ma Hanshan was thinking.
"Haha, yes, yes, scholars are like shit in my eyes, let alone a small official. On the contrary, in my eyes, businessmen are very important. If there are no businessmen, those high-ranking scholars will not even eat You can't even find anyone, let alone wearing gold, silver, or brocade. Brother Wang, you are suitable for business. Really, if you listen to me, I can make you hundreds of taels of silver right away." Mahan Shan laughed and said.
"Seriously..." Si Xingfang asked in shock. Before he became a bandit, he worked as a soldier and a small craftsman. Not to mention making hundreds of taels of silver at a time, he had never seen hundreds of taels of silver at a time. , could he not scream?
"Haha...ridiculous...ridiculous..." Wang Zhitan suddenly laughed.
"Haha, you think it's ridiculous. That's because your vision has limited your knowledge. In your opinion, it's very difficult to make hundreds of taels of silver at once. But in my opinion, let alone hundreds of taels of silver, it's just thousands. , Tens of thousands of taels of silver is nothing." Ma Hanshan looked at Wang Zhitan and said calmly, "You will definitely say, if you can make money so easily, why do you want to be a bandit?"
There was a smile on Wang Zhitan's lips. It was obvious that this was what he thought.
Ma Hanshan shook his head slightly, sighed and said: "Oh, it's terrible to be uneducated..."
Qi Nanyue thought to himself, does being uneducated mean not reading? But, village leader, you have just learned "The Analects", and don't you hate scholars?
Wang Zhitan didn't know what it meant to be uneducated, but he knew that Ma Hanshan was laughing at him. When he was about to speak to refute, Ma Hanshan waved his hand to stop him.
Ma Hanshan glanced at Wang Zhitan and Si Xingfang and said, "I said that Wagang Village is no longer a bandit. We are common people and good people. And we will soon become rich and good people."
"Master Si, do you believe that I can make you hundreds of taels of silver within this month?" Ma Hanshan ignored Wang Zhitan, a petty official, and continued to seduce Si Xingfang.
Although Si Xingfang didn't really believe it in his heart, he still nodded vigorously to express his approval.
Ma Hanshan smiled and said: "Okay, since Cave Master Si believes it, then listen to me. Don't be a bandit in the future. Work for me as a salesman in Wagang Village."
"What is a salesperson?" Si Xingfang scratched his head.
"Well, you don't need to understand what a salesperson is. I just want to say that if you listen to me now, I can make you hundreds of taels of silver right away." Ma Hanshan decided to hand over the Bianliang business to Si Xingfang. He smiled and continued, "You can earn hundreds of taels of silver just by sending thousands of kilograms of tea to Bianliang City."
"You can earn hundreds of taels of silver by sending thousands of kilograms of tea to Bianliang? Master Ma Zhai, are you kidding us?" Wang Zhitan was finally surprised. This... it's so easy to make money.
"There is a Hu merchant in Bianliang who needs one thousand kilograms of Hongyun tea and two hundred kilograms of Green tea. The delivery prices are eight hundred Wen and three taels of silver respectively. If you pay for these teas per kilogram, you only need to pay five hundred Wen and two.
For two taels of silver..." Ma Hanshan stood up and made a noise and said, "You don't have to worry about the cost, I can give you credit for the goods, and the accounts can be settled flexibly in a variety of ways. What do you think of this transaction?"